2008 Suzuki Forenza

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS AND HAZARD LIGHTS FAILED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS A BURNING ODOR BEING EMITTED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FUSE WAS MELTED AND BURNED. IN ADDITION, THE CARPET NEAR THE DRIVER SIDE WAS BURNED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. ADDITIONALLY, THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATIONS FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V262000 (ELECTRICAL) AND STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, SMOKE STARTED TO EMIT INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND FLAMES EMERGED FROM UNDER THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STEERING COLUMN. THE FLAMES SPREAD THROUGH THE ENTIRE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FIRE COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A WIRING MALFUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED OR REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,000.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A BUSY STREET IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. WHILE STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT, MY VEHICLE MADE A VERY LOUD "CLUNK" NOISE, LURCHED FORWARD AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE AFTER THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, I HAD TO PUSH THE GAS PEDAL ALMOST TO THE FLOOR TO GET THE VEHICLE TO MOVE FORWARD. I PULLED OVER AND PARKED, TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF, WAITED ABOUT A MINUTE, TURNED THE VEHICLE BACK ON, AND THE PROBLEM HAD GONE AWAY ALTHOUGH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL ON. A DAY OR SO LATER, WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY GOING APPROXIMATELY 65 MILES PER HOUR, THE VEHICLE MADE THE "CLUNK" NOISE, LURCHED FORWARD AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. THIS TIME, BECAUSE I WAS ALREADY IN MOTION, THE RPMS JUMPED UP ABOVE 3000, WHICH IS VERY HIGH FOR A 4 CYLINDER ENGINE ONLY GOING 65 MILES PER HOUR. AGAIN, I PULLED OVER, TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF, WAITED ABOUT A MINUTE, TURNED THE CAR ON AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE NORMALLY AGAIN ALTHOUGH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN HAPPENING RANDOMLY ABOUT 20 TIMES A YEAR OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST 2 1/2 - 3 YEARS. *TR

I STARTED THE CAR. LET IT IDLE FOR A MINUTE TO BRING THE RPM DOWN. I TRIED TO SHIFT IT TO REVERSE BUT IT WOULD NOT GO. IT HAD AN ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ON. I SHIFTED BACK TO PARK AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. I LET IT SET FOR A MINUTE THEN RESTARTED IT. WHEN I SHIFTED AGAIN, IT CLUNKED AND WOULD BARELY MOVE. I SHIFTED TO DRIVE AND IT CLUNKED AND WOULD BARELY MOVE. I AM A SINGLE 55 YEAR OLD WOMAN. I WORK 2 JOBS AND LIVE 8 MILES OUT OF TOWN. I CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE THIS CAR DOWN. I BOUGHT IT BECAUSE OF THE LOW MILEAGE. IT ONLY HAS 39,000 MILES. *TR

WHEN MY SUZUKI FORENZA 2008 HIT AROUND 60,000 MILES I STARTED HAVING SPORADIC TRANSMISSION ISSUES, INCLUDING NOT BEING ABLE TO REVERSE PROPERLY, MECHANICAL SOUNDS WHEN SHIFTING GEARS, NOT ABLE TO ACCELERATE WHEN ON DRIVE, IT WAS VERY STIFF AND DIFFICULT TO ACCELERATE, MY BROTHER HAS THE SAME VEHICLE AND HAD THIS EXACT SAME ISSUE AND IT TURNED OUT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND IT WAS THE EXACT PROBLEM, I HAD TO REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR AND I CURRENTLY HAVE AN INTERNAL FAILURE WITH MY TRANSMISSION AND I DO NOT PLAN ON INVESTING ANY MORE MONEY TOWARDS THIS VEHICLE AS I HAVE READ THAT MANY DRIVERS HAVE GONE THIS ROUTE AND ABSOLUTELY REGRETTED IT BECAUSE OF THE CONTINUING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND OTHER ISSUES. *TR

STARTING IN JANUARY 2014 CAR HAD APPROXIMATELY 75,000 MILES ON IT AND BEGAN LURCHING INTO GEAR FROM STOPPED. WHEN PUT INTO REVERSE, JUMPS INTO GEAR. WHEN PUT INTO DRIVE AFTER BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY LURCHES FORWARD STARTING IN 3RD GEAR AND CONTINUES DURING DRIVING. HUSBAND DIAGNOSED AFTER MUCH ONLINE RESEARCH AND A FEW MONTHS LATER, EVEN TAKING CODE INTO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. DEALER INSISTED THEY COULDN'T REPLICATE AND CLEARED CODE WITHOUT MAKING NOTE OF PROBLEM. MY HUSBAND ARGUED THAT WE WOULDN'T BE PICKING CAR UP UNTIL THE PROBLEM WAS REPLICATED AND TAKEN CARE OF. AFTER INSISTING THEY COULDN'T REPLICATE, WE DROVE BACK TO DEALERSHIP AND MADE SERVICE MANAGER RIDE WITH HUSBAND UNTIL CAR "PERFORMED" MALFUNCTION, LITERALLY A HALF OF A BLOCK FROM DEALERSHIP. IT WAS OBVIOUS THEY WERE AVOIDING PROBLEM AND HADN'T DRIVEN CAR AT ALL! CODE WAS NOTED AS 0700, JUST AS MY HUSBAND HAD REPORTED INITIALLY. TRANSMISSION SENSOR WAS REPLACED AND AFTER DIAGNOSTICS WERE FINALLY PROPERLY PERFORMED, AIRBAG LIGHT WAS ALSO RESET (HAS CONTINUED TO COME ON ALMOST ENTIRE TIME WE'VE OWNED THE CAR-WERE TOLD OUR DAUGHTERS LONG LEGS WERE KICKING WIRES UNDERNEATH DRIVERS' SIDE SEAT) AND ALSO MADE AWARE VOLTAGE IS TOO HIGH ON DRIVERS SIDE BUT NOTHING WAS DONE TO FIX EITHER. DEALERSHIP OFFERED NO SOLUTION. SPENT $191.65 TO FIX TRANSMISSION SENSOR. ORIGINALLY CHARGING $260+ BUT HUSBAND DEMANDED REDUCTION IN DIAGNOSTIC PRICE DUE TO THE FACT WE HAD TO DRIVE BACK INTO TOWN TO DEALERSHIP TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM FOR INCOMPETENT/UNWILLING SERVICE DEPARTMENT . VERY UNSATISFIED AND WILL BE LOOKING INTO OPTIONS AFTER SEEING TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR SEEMS TO BE ONGOING EPIDEMIC FOR MANY 2008 SUZUKI FORENZA OWNERS. HAVE ALSO HAD ONGOING PROBLEMS WITH SEAT AIRBAG SENSOR NOT WORKING ON FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE SINCE 2009. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE WOULD SHIFT OUT OF GEAR AND FAIL TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD PULL IN REVERSE, SHIFT GEARS AND WOULD NOT RETURN TO THE PROPER GEAR. THE PROBLEM RECURRED THREE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE SHIFTING GEARS, THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ERRONEOUSLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 111,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 111,027.